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November 2020 Issue 89 In this issue, 1. Nuclear Physics Publications for November 2. News to Report a. Science and Social Media b. Nuclear Physics Group Early Career Prize: Call for Nominations c. APS journal changes 3. Outreach Activity 4. Media Interactions a. The baryon density of the Universe from an improved rate of deuterium burning Newsletter archive: http://npg.dl.ac.uk/OutreachNewsletter/index.html Nuclear Physics Public Engagement Website: NuclearPhysicsForYou Nuclear Physics Outreach Poster – order hardcopies from STFC free of charge here ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Nuclear Physics Publications for November (also includes missed publications from previous months) If you are publishing a paper that you think would be of media value please contact Wendy Ellison, STFC Press Officer. She can help with press releases and publicity. If you get in touch with her before publication she can also get material ready in advance for the day of publication. Phys. Rev. C 102, 045806 (Editor’s Pick) https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.045806 Level structure of 31S via 32S(p,d)31S K. Setoodehnia1,*, A. A. Chen1, J. Chen1,†, J. A. Clark2, C. M. Deibel3,2,‡, J. Hendriks4, D. Kahl5,6, W. N. Lennard4, P. D. Parker7, D. Seiler8, and C. Wrede9,10 Published 14 October 2020 Nature 587, pages210–213(2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2878-4 The baryon density of the Universe from an improved rate of deuterium burning V. Mossa, K. Stöckel, F. Cavanna, F. Ferraro, M. Aliotta, F. Barile, D. Bemmerer, A. Best, A. Boeltzig, C. Broggini, C. G. Bruno, A. Caciolli, T. Chillery, G. F. Ciani, P. Corvisiero, L. Csedreki, T. Davinson, R. Depalo, A. Di Leva, Z. Elekes, E. M. Fiore, A. Formicola, Zs. Fülöp, G. Gervino, A. Guglielmetti, C. Gustavino, G. Gyürky, G. Imbriani, M. Junker, A. Kievsky, I. Kochanek, M. Lugaro, L. E. Marcucci, G. Mangano, P. Marigo, E. Masha, R. Menegazzo, F. R. Pantaleo, V. Paticchio, R. Perrino, D. Piatti, O. Pisanti, P. Prati, L. Schiavulli, O. Straniero, T. Szücs, M. P. Takács, D. Trezzi, M. Viviani & S. Zavatarelli Published 11 November 2020 Edited by James Benstead, IOP Nuclear Physics Group Committee [email protected] or [email protected] Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 192501 https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.192501 Competition between Allowed and First-Forbidden β Decay: The Case of 208Hg→208Tl R. J. Carroll1, Zs. Podolyák1,2, T. Berry1, H. Grawe3, T. Alexander1, A. N. Andreyev4,22, S. Ansari5, M. J. G. Borge6, M. Brunet1, J. R. Creswell7, L. M. Fraile8, C. Fahlander9, H. O. U. Fynbo10, E. R. Gamba11, W. Gelletly1, R.-B. Gerst5, M. Górska3, A. Gredley7, P. T. Greenlees12,13, L. J. Harkness-Brennan7, M. Huyse14, S. M. Judge15, D. S. Judson7, J. Konki12,13, J. Kurcewicz6, I. Kuti16, S. Lalkovski1, I. H. Lazarus17, R. Lică6,18, M. Lund10, M. Madurga6,23, N. Marginean18, R. Marginean18, I. Marroquin19, C. Mihai18, R. E. Mihai18, E. Nácher19, A. Negret18, C. Nita18,11, S. Pascu18, R. D. Page7, Z. Patel1, A. Perea19, J. Phrompao20, M. Piersa21, V. Pucknell17, P. Rahkila12,13, E. Rapisarda6, P. H. Regan1,15, F. Rotaru18, M. Rudigier1, C. M. Shand1, R. Shearman1,15, S. Stegemann5, T. Stora6, Ch. Sotty14,18, O. Tengblad19, P. Van Duppen14, V. Vedia8, R. Wadsworth4, P. M. Walker1, N. Warr5, F. Wearing7, and H. De Witte14 Published 2 November 2020 Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 192505 https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.192505 Properties of 187Ta Revealed through Isomeric Decay P. M. Walker1,*, Y. Hirayama2, G. J. Lane3, H. Watanabe4,5, G. D. Dracoulis3, M. Ahmed2,6, M. Brunet1, T. Hashimoto7, S. Ishizawa5,8,2, F. G. Kondev9, Yu. A. Litvinov10, H. Miyatake2, J. Y. Moon7, M. Mukai6,2,5, T. Niwase2,5,11, J. H. Park7, Zs. Podolyák1, M. Rosenbusch2, P. Schury2, M. Wada2,6, X. Y. Watanabe2, W. Y. Liang12, and F. R. Xu12 Published 6 November 2020 Phys. Rev. C 102, 052802(R) https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.052802 Underground experimental study finds no evidence of low-energy resonance in the 6Li(p,γ)7Be reaction D. Piatti1, T. Chillery2, R. Depalo1,*, M. Aliotta2, D. Bemmerer3, A. Best4, A. Boeltzig5, C. Broggini6, C. G. Bruno2, A. Caciolli1, F. Cavanna7, G. F. Ciani5, P. Corvisiero7, L. Csedreki5, T. Davinson2, A. Di Leva4, Z. Elekes8, F. Ferraro7, E. M. Fiore9, A. Formicola10, Zs. Fülöp8, G. Gervino11, A. Gnech12, A. Guglielmetti13, C. Gustavino14, Gy. Gyürky8, G. Imbriani4, M. Junker10, I. Kochanek10, M. Lugaro15, L. E. Marcucci16, P. Marigo17, E. Masha13, R. Menegazzo6, V. Mossa9, F. R. Pantaleo9, V. Paticchio18, R. Perrino18, P. Prati7, L. Schiavulli9, K. Stöckel19, O. Straniero20, T. Szücs3, M. P. Takács19, and S. Zavatarelli7 (LUNA Collaboration) Published 10 November 2020 Phys. Rev. C 102, 051301(R) https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.051301 Doubly-magic character of 132Sn studied via electromagnetic moments of 133Sn L. V. Rodríguez1,2,*, D. L. Balabanski3, M. L. Bissell4, K. Blaum2, B. Cheal5, G. De Gregorio6,7, J. Ekman8, R. F. Garcia Ruiz9,†, A. Gargano6, G. Georgiev10, W. Gins11,‡, C. Gorges12,§, H. Heylen2,9,11, A. Kanellakopoulos11, S. Kaufmann12, V. Lagaki9,13, S. Lechner9,14, B. Maaß12, S. Malbrunot-Ettenauer9, R. Neugart15,2, G. Neyens9,11, W. Nörtershäuser12, S. Sailer16, R. Sánchez17, S. Schmidt12, L. Wehner15, C. Wraith5, L. Xie4, Z. Y. Xu11,∥, X. F. Yang11,18, and D. T. Yordanov1,9 Published 9 November 2020 Edited by James Benstead, IOP Nuclear Physics Group Committee [email protected] or [email protected] Phys. Rev. C 102, 054304 https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.054304 Quadrupole deformation of 130Xe measured in a Coulomb-excitation experiment L. Morrison1, K. Hadyńska-Klȩk2,1, Zs. Podolyák1, D. T. Doherty1, L. P. Gaffney3,4, L. Kaya5, L. Próchniak2, J. Samorajczyk-Pyśk2, J. Srebrny2, T. Berry1, A. Boukhari6, M. Brunet1, R. Canavan1,7, R. Catherall4, S. J. Colosimo3, J. G. Cubiss8, H. De Witte9, Ch. Fransen5, E. Giannopoulos10,4, H. Hess5, T. Kröll11, N. Lalović12, B. Marsh4, Y. Martinez Palenzuela4,9, P. J. Napiorkowski2, G. O'Neill13,14, J. Pakarinen10,15, J. P. Ramos16,4, P. Reiter5, J. A. Rodriguez4, D. Rosiak5, S. Rothe4, M. Rudigier1, M. Siciliano17,18, J. Snäll12, P. Spagnoletti19, S. Thiel5, N. Warr5, F. Wenander4, R. Zidarova20, and M. Zielińska17 Published 3 November 2020 Phys. Rev. C 102, 054306 https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.054306 Convergence of electric quadrupole rotational invariants from the nuclear shell model J. Henderson* Published 4 November 2020 Phys. Rev. C 102, 054314 https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.054314 Spectroscopic study of 47Ca from the β− decay of 47K J. K. Smith1,*, A. B. Garnsworthy1, J. L. Pore2,†, C. Andreoiu2, A. D. MacLean3, A. Chester1,‡, Z. Beadle4, G. C. Ball1, P. C. Bender1,§, V. Bildstein3, R. Braid5, A. Diaz Varela3, R. Dunlop3, L. J. Evitts1,6,∥, P. E. Garrett3, G. Hackman1, S. V. Ilyushkin5, B. Jigmeddorj3,¶, K. Kuhn5, A. T. Laffoley3, K. G. Leach1,#, D. Miller1,**, W. J. Mills1, W. Moore5, M. Moukaddam1,††, B. Olaizola3,‡‡, E. E. Peters7, A. J. Radich3, E. T. Rand3, F. Sarazin5, C. E. Svensson3, S. J. Williams8,§§, and S. W. Yates7,9 Published 11 November 2020 Phys. Rev. C 102, 054318 https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.054318 Structure of 30Mg explored via in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy N. Kitamura1,*, K. Wimmer2,3,4,†, N. Shimizu1, V. M. Bader4,5, C. Bancroft3, D. Barofsky3, T. Baugher4,5, D. Bazin4, J. S. Berryman4, V. Bildstein6, A. Gade4,5, N. Imai1, T. Kröll7, C. Langer4, J. Lloyd3, E. Lunderberg4,5, G. Perdikakis3,4, F. Recchia4, T. Redpath3, S. Saenz3, D. Smalley4, S. R. Stroberg4,5, J. A. Tostevin8, N. Tsunoda1, Y. Utsuno9,1, D. Weisshaar4, and A. Westerberg3 Published 12 November 2020 Phys. Rev. C 102, 054322 https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.054322 Lifetime measurements in the odd−A nucleus 177Hf L. Knafla1,*, P. Alexa2, U. Köster3, G. Thiamova4, J.-M. Régis1, J. Jolie1, A. Blanc3, A. M. Bruce5, A. Esmaylzadeh1, L. M. Fraile6, G. de France7, G. Häfner1,8, S. Ilieva9, M. Jentschel3, V. Karayonchev1, W. Korten10, T. Kröll9, S. Lalkovski11, S. Leoni12, H. Mach13, N. Mărginean14, P. Mutti3, G. Pascovici14, V. Paziy6, Zs. Podolyák15, P. H. Regan15,16, O. J. Roberts5, N. Saed-Samii1, G. S. Simpson17,18, J. F. Smith18, T. Soldner3, C. Townsley15, C. A. Ur19, W. Urban3,20, A. Vancraeyenest4, and N. Warr1 Published 16 November 2020 Edited by James Benstead, IOP Nuclear Physics Group Committee [email protected] or [email protected] Phys. Rev. C 102, 054325 https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.054325 High-precision branching ratio measurement and spin assignment implications for 62Ga superallowed β decay A. D. MacLean1,*, A. T. Laffoley1,†, C. E. Svensson1, G. C. Ball2, J. R. Leslie3, C. Andreoiu4, A. Babu2, S. S. Bhattacharjee2, H. Bidaman1, V. Bildstein1, C. Burbadge1, M. Bowry2,‡, C. Cheng2, D. S. Cross4, A. Diaz- Varela1, I. Dillmann2,5, M. R. Dunlop1, R. Dunlop1, L. J. Evitts2,6,§, P. Finlay7,∥, S. Gillespie2, A. B. Garnsworthy2, P. E. Garrett1, E. Gopaul2, C. J. Griffin2, G. F. Grinyer8, G. Hackman2, J. Henderson2,¶, B. Jigmeddorj1,#, K. G. Leach9, E. Kassanda1, J. McAfee2,6, M. Moukaddam2,**, C. Natzke2,9, S. Nittala2, B. Olaizola2, J. Park2,††, C. Paxman2,6, J. L. Pore4,‡‡, C. Porzio2,10, A. J. Radich1, P. Ruotsalainen2,§§, Y. Saito2,11, S. Sharma8, J. Smallcombe2,∥∥, J. K. Smith2,¶¶, R. Sultana2, J. Turko1, J.